Weekend whimsy: A special resting place for Georgia Bulldogs

"Bulldog Haven" is a burial pot especially for Georgia 'Dawgs. And not just any 'Dawgs, but only for letter-winners in athletics.

Dogs and cemeteries: Do they mix?

Cemetery operators and government officials in Massachusetts are trying to enforce laws that keep dogs out of cemeteries.
This is an interesting dilemma, because some cemeteries, most notably the historic Congressional Cemetery in Washington, DC, "rents" its grounds to dog lovers in order to help ends meet.

Virginia Commonwealth University in slave cemetery controversy

VCU owns land near an old slave cemetery it wanted for a parking lot, but some people want the entire site preserved. VCU says it might oblige, but wants the $3 million it paid for the land.

Connecticut cemetery undergoing restoration

Thanks to the help of dedicated volunteers -- and some money from the late Paul Newman's foundation, efforts to restore the historic Center Street Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut, are well under way. Says Valerie Buckley, Easton Senior Citizen Center director:

"We've restored about 40 grave sites -- cleaned up or repaired the stones. It is a pleasing project that is really going well."

Brooklyn cemetery seeks $$ from city for flood damage

The Catholic Cemeteries of Brooklyn has filed a complaint against the city saying that stormwater runoff has caused millions of dollars in damage over the years. The organization says that St. John Cemetery, in Middle Village, is flooded because of poor drainage along Metropolitan Avenue. It is seeking $10 million, plus $25 million in punitive damages. Reports the Queens Chronicle:

The flooding has damaged the cemetery gate, a number of trees and maybe
even graves, said Father Kieran Harrington, spokesman for the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes Queens.

Wanted: $300K to restore Oswego, NY, cemetery

The 150-year-old Evergreen Cemetery will get $326,000 from the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and now needs to raise $300,000 of its own to fix up the decaying place.

Students in Texas map old African-American cemetery

Students from several disciplines at Stephen F. Austin University are undertaking a mapping project at a 19th-century African-American cemetery that fell into disrepair after World War II. They are from SFA's geography, sociology and anthropology clubs.